"Bringing Turkey into the South Caucasus
New project aims to encourage unity, utilize Turkey's experience applying to join EU
By Keti Sikharulidze
Ambassador Ertan Tezgor
The Turkish-Georgian Research Center, based in the South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security (SCIRS), presented a new project on aimed at bringing together the 'four' countries of the South Caucasus on Friday, April 1.
The project, entitled AGAT - Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey - aims at including Turkey in the South Caucasus region, with a particular emphasis in improving Armenian-Turkish relations.
'Until now everybody considered the South Caucasus to mean Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, but now SCIRS is trying to add Turkey as it is an equal member both geographically and politically of the South Caucasus,' explains Head of the Turkish-Georgian Research Center David Tavadze."
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